Is there a way to generate the ssh ‘private_key’ as shown in the JSON export file programatically?
The private_key actually a SHA hash code of the file, so of course yes you can.
May I ask why do you need generating the hash code programmatically?
Many thanks!
Sure - We have a team using SSH Tunnel to connect to a set of remote hosts.
We generate a csv of the local -> remote ip and port mappings and from that
auto-generate the ssh tunnel config, /etc/hosts entries and useful bash
profile aliases.
This allows the team to just generate configs and import when the remote
host set changes (or a new member joins).
- Peter
Which programming language do you use for the automation script?
If that is the one I’m just familiar with, I could write a sample code for generating the hash code.
Thanks, no problem, all set now. I had realized it was a sha1 but was
hashing the content instead of the file. A sha1_file() works as expected in
php...
Exactly 
Additional note: the imported private key files are located at the folder ~/Library/Group\ Containers/E78WKS7W4U.com.codinn.ssh/, SSH Tunnel always rescans this folder at launch.